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By: Allen Grant, Partner, Nashville In Tennessee, the new OSHA guidelines prohibiting mandatory post-accident drug or alcohol screens highlight the importance of the Tennessee Drug Free Workplace Program (DFWP).  While the OSHA rules prohibit this mandatory...

By: Yosue Ochoa, Associate, Miami Florida workers’ compensation laws regarding employee drug testing provide the employer/carrier with a defense to compensability if it is found that the injured worker was intoxicated or under the influence of drugs at the time of...

By: Ryan Lawson, Associate, Atlanta Georgia law provides employers and insurers a defense to the payment of workers’ compensation benefits when an injured employee tests positive for a non-prescribed, controlled substance within eight (8) hours from the occurrence...

By: Ryan Lawson, Associate, Atlanta The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) recently released an updated set of regulations governing employer requirements for workers reporting occupational injuries and illnesses. These updated regulations,...

Greetings, DOAH has published the annual report for their fiscal year, 7/1/15-6/30/16….DO NOT PRINT unless you want 236 pages.   That window of time only contains two months of litigation post-Castellanos, but its interesting and shows statistics  on each venue....

Greetings, Tis the season for holiday parties and functions, and inevitably holiday party claims.  If its an in-office event during the workday its likely going to be compensable.  The afterhours or when the workplace is closed events are trickier. As a reminder,...

Greetings, Due to the changes in the law from the Castellanos and Westphal cases, WC rates in Florida were set to increase by 14.5% tomorrow, 12/1/2016.  However, a Miami claimant’s attorney filed a lawsuit against NCCI in Leon County, the rate setting agency,...

By: Tara Said, Partner, Pensacola The day broke bright and sunny. Every young lawyer dreams about that one day that she might be offered the opportunity to be admitted to the United States Supreme Court. I have been a Florida licensed attorney for sixteen years but...

    By: James DaFonte, Associate, Miami As the holiday season rolls around, it is always a good idea to provide a refresher on the compensability of injuries at holiday parties. Over the next few months, there will likely be claims trickling in from the...

By: Mike Quiggins, Partner, Tallahassee Earlier this year, the Florida Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in Westphal that found Section 440.15 to be unconstitutional, and revived the pre-1994 law allowing for up to 260 weeks of temporary total...